Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered because its Area of Occupancy is probably less than 10km2, its distribution is probably severely fragmented, and the extent of its forest habitat in northern Ecuador is probably declining.

This species is known only from the type locality: Río Azuela, Napo Province, in northern Ecuador, at 1,740m asl. It is likely to occur a little more widely, but surveys elsewhere have not recorded it, and so its distribution is unlikely to be extensive.

It lives in cloud forest. The holotype was found on a mossy limb of a bush about 1.5m above a cascading rivulet at night (Lynch and Duellman 1973). Its breeding is unknown, but is likely to take place in streams.

The distribution range of this species appears to overlap with Reserva Ecológica Cayambe-Coca. Survey work is required to determine the population status of this species and to ascertain the limits of its range.